April 26, 1806

On this day in Lewis & Clark history...

The Corps continues up the Columbia River reaching the low plains around present Plymouth, Washington. The trail is dusty and crowded with Indians traveling in the same direction. An Indian boy catches several Columbia River chub.

This morning early we set forward and at the distance of three miles entered a low level plain country of great extent. here the river hills are low and receede a great distance from the river this low country commence on the S. side of the river about 10 miles below our encampment of last evening.

Meriwether Lewis

Blalock Island

Photo by Brubaker Aerial Survey, 1929.

Saturday April 26th 1806

after we encamped a little Indian boy Cought Several Chubbs with a bone…which he Substituted for a hook.
Saw a Goat and a Small wolf at a distance to day. made 28 miles

William Clark

Peamouth or Northwest dace, Mylocheilus caurinus

Drawing by Barton W. Evermann in Reconnaissance of the streams and lakes of western Montana and Northwestern Wyoming, 1893.

Saturday April 26th 1806.

these plains are covered with a variety of herbatious plants, grass, and three species of shrubs specimines of which I have preserved.